Book reviewed in this article:Anne‐Marie Guillemard,La Vieillesse et I'EtatShelly Romalis (ed.),Childbirth: Alternatives to Medical ControlS.L. Sutherland,Patterns of Belief and Action: Measurement of Student Political ActivismHarry H. Hiller,Society and Change: S.D. Clark and the Development of Canadian SociologyRoderic Beaujot and Kevin Mcquillan,Growth and Dualism: The Demographic Development of Canadian SocietyGary Caldwell and Eric Waddell (eds),The English of Quebec: From Majority to Minority StatusJeffrey C. Alexander,Theoretical Logic in Sociology(vol. 1):Positivism, Presuppositions, and Current Controversi